Leadership

One day soon, the overhead lights and desk lamps in your office could connect you securely to the Internet. The new technology is called Li-Fi, and it uses LED light waves to connect and stream data. Research from Maite Brandt-Pearce, professor of electrical and computer engineering and executive associate dean for academic affairs at UniversityREAD MORE

Microsoft Corp. has named Kevin Scott, a former student in the Computer Science Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, to the role of chief technology officer. Microsoft’s announcement said the position is an expansion of Scott’s role at LinkedIn as senior vice president of infrastructure. Scott will reportREAD MORE

Growing up in Africa, Kevin Bahati, now a first-year student at the University of Virginia, experienced first-hand the consequences of not having reliable access to clean water. Bahati is working to improve conditions back home by working in chemical engineering Professor Geoffrey Geise’s water purification lab.

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University sociologist and author, contributed to UVA Engineering’s Excellence Through Diversity series with a talk about building racial democracy and justice at colleges and universities.

Astronaut and physician Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, urged an enthralled audience at the University of Virginia on Sept. 20 to recapture the sense of infinite possibilities people felt when the United States was racing to reach the moon.